I'm being charged text messages that i havent subscribed to!

System

yes, i had to leave a message too. Dont forget to tell them. You dont know how you subscribed to this service, you dont want or need the service and you would like a refund.

System

the money by the way i had transfered into my paypal account and it was in there within minutes. Let me know how you got on please.

thommy

Judi wrote: »

the money by the way i had transfered into my paypal account and it was in there within minutes. Let me know how you got on please.

thx - i will do. money has already been charged to my mobile account.
i left a message for them to ring me on my mobile. said i don't know how i got subscribed and wanted a refund.
as it's from america, i'll probably have to wait for them to get up and get to work! i've done 'stop' anyway, so i hope that's the end of the cost to me if they don't/won't get back to me.
it's an 0800 number - shouldn't that still be free to us, as we aren't dialling any international codes etc?

System

i dont know to be honest, hubby took charge of it for me but he put the whole thing on speakerphone so i could hear what he and she was saying. I think 0800 numbers are still charged on mobiles though. Both mine and my husbands phone contracts are in his name but yes he said the texts had already been charged.

thommy

i used my landline to call them. so, hopefully, won't get charged. i'll give them a few hours to reply and post back later. thx for help.

thommy

just to warn anyone, especially with an android phone, reading this thread: It seems that this is how a lot of people are getting signed up to this scam....

http://whocallsme.com/Phone-Number.aspx/08000988510

System

yes thanks, thats exactly how they got me. The scarey bit is, i didnt download it, it just appeared from nowhere. I thought it was an Android update.

thommy

had to leave another message but a very polite american woman called me back and has refunded me the costs of the sign-up i never asked for, without so much as a grumble. it seems even scammers do 'customer service' over there better than we surly brits!
if anyone else has been had by this, do text stop and do call them. leave a message, if you need to. and another if they don't call back after a while. people are getting there money back, via paypal, instantly.